The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-01 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (From the limes Correspondent.) NEW YORK, June 17. Gen. Grant has gained hie first success, and at a sacrifice cf life much less considerable than has attended any of his previous failures. He has aban doned the line of the Chickahominy, and crossed to the south side of the James, without losing a man or a horse. Gen. Baldy Smith, acting under his in structions, marched with 15,000 men upon the city of Petersburg, found it defended mainly by militia, and after an obstinate struggle, in which the negro troops are alleged to have borne a conspicuous part, carried the outer line of defence, and became virtu■ ally the master of the position. Gen. Butler saw the whole operation through a telescope from his in trenchtnents at Bermuda Hundred, and described it to Secretary Stanton, who, in turn, communicated the facts to Gen. Dix and the American public. There is in consequence mach rejeicing at Wash ington and New York, and people are told for the twentieth time since the passage of the Rapidan that the long expected turn of fortune has occurred, and that they may expect in quick succession to hear of the capture of Richmond, the surrender or flight of Gen. Lee, the suppression of the rebellion, and the reunion of North and South in the bonds of fraternal affection. These events ara at once to be followed by a declaration of war against Great Bri tain for the depredations of the Alabama and the Florida, as well as for the unpardonable offence committed by the British aristocracy of refusing to sympathise with the North. And, as if this were not work enough for the energies of the young re• public, there is also to be a declaration of war against France for the same crime of want of sympathy, a ggravated by the Emperor's contempt for the Monroe doctrine, and the establishment of a monarchy in Mexico. The public meanwhile s h u t s its eyes, opens its mouth, extends its ears, and hopes that this time, at least, it will not be so utterly disappointed as it has been a hundred times before, and that Grant may have a substantial vies tory to place on the credit side of the ledger of " glory"—where the debit records the awful figures One hundred thousand killed, wounded, and prisoners." The President seems to be of opinion that Grant, after feeling pretty nearly ali round Richmond for the weak place, has at length dis covered it, and announced last night at Philadephia, whither he had gone to visit the Sanitary Fair, that though he was not in the habit of making predic tions (like his faithful Secretary of State) he would hazard one on that occasion, to the effect that " Grant was that evening in a position whence he could never be dislodged by the enemy until Richmond was taken." The somewhat singular wording of the prediction has led to the inquiries, —whether Grant, instead of being the besieger, is to become the besieged, and who or what is to dis. lodge him after Richmond is taken, seeing as the President does, that he cannot be dislodged before? Gratifying as the capture of Petersburg is to the pride of the North, and important as it may be in a military point of view—inasmuch as it cuts off the direct railway communication of Gen. Lee with North and South Carolina,—it is but a small part of the work that will have to be done if Richmond is to be taken. General Baldy Smith is south of the Ap pottomax, and General Grant is south of the James; bat where Lee is at this moment, or where he may be the next, is a matter that neither Smith nor Grant can discover. Speculation is at fault. People ask whether it may not be General Lee's plan to ex change Richmond for Washington ; and of what use the possession of Richmond will be to the North, if Lee's army remains intact. Bat, what ever may be the answer which events will give to these inquiries, it is evident that the real crisis of this campaign is approaching, and probable that not many days or even hours may pass without a renewal of battles, to be as fiercely contested on either side as those of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Courthouse, and the Chickahominy—battles which may decide the fate of Richmond, but which are not likely to bring the North any nearer to the subjugation of the South. Little has been heard during the past week of the march of Gen. Sherman, in Georgia, towards At lanta, but, as Gen. Forrest has got into his rear at the head of a large force and defeated Gen. Sturges with great loss, some anxiety begins to be felt for the first time in high Republican circles lest bad news should arrive from that quarter of a nature to more than counterbalance the good news of the cap ture of Petersburg. Though the news from the seat of war in Virginia and Georgia is absorbing enough to nduce all other public events to the minimum of interest, the sucl• den re-appearance of Mr. Vallandigham in the poli tical arena has created a sensatiou. Condemned by arbitrary military decree to exile from his home and country for the offence of plain speaking, though he did not speak half so plainly as many men of his way of thinking have spoken since his arrest, he has quitted his Canadian seclusion, crossed into the Federal territory, addressed large assemblages of his fellow citizens, and dared the Government to call him to account. As Gen. Burnside is no longer in command in Ohio, and his successor has no per sonal feud with Mr. Vallandigham, it is probable that the authorities of Washington may, in view of the enthusiasm which his return has excited in Ohio, resolve that he has suffered sufficiently for his contempt of Gen. Burnside, and decide to take no further notice of him, unless he should be indiscreet enough to afford a fresh pre text. There is such an all pervading cowardice in America—except in the battle-field, where both sides are as brave as it is possible for them to be— that Mr Vallandigham's civic courage "shines like a good deed in a naughty world," and inspires something like the hope that in the approaching Presidential contest—which Mr Lincoln appears to oonsider as already decided in his favour—the De mocratic leaders will not only express their senti ments as becomes free men, but take such personal risks to give Effect to their convictions as their British ancestors took in the days of Charles 1., and as George Washington and the founders of Ameri can independence took, against the whole weight and power of the British Crown. America as yet has produced no civic hero. The" Hampden" of its liberty has yet to appear, if he have not yet to be born, and those who denounce the unconstitutional ants of the Government and the vulgar, though re lentless, tyranny of such military bashaws as Butler, Schenck, Milroy, Burnside,Wallace, and Wild draw a bated breath at the first serious threat of Fort Lafayette or Fort Warren. Mr Vallandigham, by his return to his home, and reappearance in the political arena, no longer tongue-tied, bat bold and defiant, has set an example to the cravens and made himself the true leader of the Democracy, vice Go vernor Seymour, who has thrown away his chance. The immigration into this port, principally from Ireland and Ge rma ny, increases daily. The arrival of as many as 5 ,000 emigrants per week is immense, and this was about the average during the Celtic exodus of the famine years in 1849 and 1850, when the panic-stricken multitudes fled from the land of their birth as if the soil were accursed and no safety were to be found for the soles of their feet until they had placed the Atlantic between them and their old associations. But thia hi g h average has not only been reached during the present summer, but has been doubted and even trebled. From the Ist of January to the 31st of May, a period of 15 2 days, the total immigration was 68,078, or nearly 450 per day, of whom 41.283 were Irish, about 9 000 English, Scotch, and Welsh, and the remainder Germans. During the week which ended on Satur day last no less than 16,000, of whom fully 12,000 were Irish, landed at the Battery. More than half of the number were women and children. Large numbers of both sexes passed through New York, without stopping even for a day, bound for the Far West, where labour is most in demand, while a very considerable proportion of the young and strong of the male sex fingered the bounty money of the Federal Government within six hours of their arrival. One vessel, the Benjamin Adams, of Liverpool, brought 680 passengers, of whom 109 marched from the landing-place to the recruiting office in a body, and received the first instalment of the £lOO sterling, or thereabouts, which the Federal Government and the municipality offer to any sturdy proficient in the use of the shillelagh who will exchange that instrument for the musket. One of the passengers stated that there were Federal recruiting-officers on board, who eommenced their labours among the passengers as soon as the ship left the Mersey. These men must have driven a very lucrative trade, for they not only received the 20 dols. " hand money" offered by the Government for each volunteer, but levied a tax upon the recruit himself, varying in amount with the credulity, or what is here called the " squeezability" of the individual. To pick up 2,180 doll. in one trip across the Atlantic is so pleasant as well as so rapid a mode of money making, that as long as the Federal Government re quires soldiers, and the Irish are wiling to volunteer, it is not likely to be abandoned by the enterprising Yankees who are sent by the Federal Government to Ireland to secure " labourers for the construction of rail ways," which labourers, being free men, every one of them may— however much the British Government may object, change their minds, forego the spade, and doa the uniform, even before they arrive in the land of their adoption. But if the legal fiction that a Bri tish ship is to all intents and purposes British ter ritory be accepted, it is quite clear that the British Government might just as we 1 permit the esta blishment of Federal recruiting.effices in the streets of Cork or Dublin as on board of Liverpool ships. The temptation to the poor Melt is enormous ; £lOO sterling—though Patrick may be, and probably is, defrauded of more than one half of it, and sells his life for the other—is a sum greater than he ever imagined to be his, even in his wildest dreams, and the possession of a tithe of which very generally burns a hole in his pocket. To buy himself a watch or a gold chain is his first thought in most instances, though the new recruit, in the buoyant, rollicking, and unfamiliar sense of wealth and independence, not unfrequently expends his superabundant green backs in a very different manner, and rushes off to purchase—what does the gentle reader imagine? A new suit of clothes ? By no means. A ride in a grand carriage, or a dinner at Delmonico's ? Not at all, He has his own ideas of splendour and aristo cracy, and to gratify them he buys himself a pair of patent leather boots ! To wear these instead of the brogues and clouted shoon of the Emerald Isle, and to look like a "rale gintleman"—in the feet it not in the faee—is the object of his ambition, and he pays hie 18 dole. for a pair with as much contempt of expense as if the dirty dollars were so manyßritish farthings. They cramp his feet, it is true, and render walking uncomfortable to him and ludicrous to the spectator. But what matters ? "Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we die." Let us wear patent leather boots for once in our lives, even if we are killed ir. battle to-morrow and require boots no more. As Mr. Stanton, wh en con t ra di ct i ng H owar d' s forged proclamation—which called for a new levy of 400,000 men, to rescue the country from the ex tremity of its peril—took care to inform the people that a draught for 300,000 men would in all proba bility be ordered about the Ist of Jaly, and as it is quite certain that at least that number of new re cruits must be obtained, whether Richmond stand or fall, the municipality of New York has deter mined to see whether its quota under the call, sup posing it to be made, cannot be filled on the volun• tary and high bounty principle. It has 600,000 dots, on hand of its old fund raised for that purpose last year, to which it has just added by vote of the civic authorities the handsome sum of 2,000,000 dole. Its action in this matter will extricate the Government from a difficulty. Men must be pro cured; a draught must be ordered; but New York is full of a population so dangerous and so hostile to the principle of compulsory service that neither the municipality nor the Government chooses to run the risk of exciting a street insurrection. The draught may possibly be enforced elsewhere, but New York will be allowed to buy itself out of danger by the aid of the Irish and the Germans. If these continue to arrive at the present ratio of 16,000 a week the raw material of a considerable army—all nominally provided by New York—will afford the Government all the pretext it needs for letting this city alone and doing nothing that might awaken so very fierce a lion in its path as its labouring population. Letter from a Soldier in the Confederate Army. The following is an extract from a letter just re ceived from a young man who emigrated from Edinburgh seven years ago, and who is now in Johnston's command in the Confederate army. The letter is dated Mobile, Ala., May 4,1864 :—" I have no doubt the eyes of the world are turned with the greatest interest at the present time in its great struggle for freedom and independence on this un fortunate country. The battles which are to be fought one in Virginia, the other in Georgia, are ones which are to decide whether the struggle is to last much longer or not; if we defeat the enemy it will certainly be the beginning of the end, if we are defeated, God knows when the end will be, because as a people we are determined to fight as long as there is a man left ; but we do not anticipate any such result. The army to a man is confident that the enemy will be defeated, and when such a spirit pervades an army to such an extent as it certainly does in ours, ►t is a difficult matter to conquer them. We are straining every nerve for the onslaught, whicn, when the shock comes, will be terrific. Ere this reaches you the battles will have been fought, but for the result rely not upon Northern news at first —wait paitently for an impartial account. So far this year our arms everywhere have been crowned with success; we have just received intelligence confirming the late news of a great battle having been fought in West Louisiana, where the Yankee General Banks was routed. It is now three years since I entered the ser-ice, and I hope to see the end of the struggle. I have seen some pretty rough work, but I am not a whit the worse for it, having enjoyed good health all the time. I suppose you have heard of the attempt Commodore Farragut made at Mobile, but many a Yankee will be made to bite the dust ere they take this place. They have been pegging away at Charlestoa for ten months past, and are just as far on in the consum mation of their object as when they first started. If they try Mobile, they will require as many men as they have tried their "on to Richmond" with so often. The following are the prices of a few articles in the Confederacy :—Sugar, 225. per lb.; coffee, 48s. per lb.; boots, £5O per pair; shoes £25 per pair ; flour, £7O per barrel ; soap, 16s per lb,; calico, 44s per yard, worth 5d ; shirting, 30s per yard ; reels, 8s each ; pearl buttons, lOs per dozen ; and everything else in proportion."—Seots man. GENERAL GARIBALDI. Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, on his return to England, waited upon the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, and presented to him an address from the municipality of Santa Maria Capnablretere, Southern Italy, in the province of Terra di Lavoro, expressive of their grateful ac knowledgments to the English people for the enthusiastic reception they gave to General Gari baldi. " The high state of civilisation," they say, " existing in free England, the country which ap• preciates all that is great and free in man, was a promise of the cordial reception she would give to the illustrious Italian ; but the maddening enthu siasm which burst forth from men more accustomed to the serious occupations of life than to the attrac tions of passing joys had surpassed every expecta tion and touched every heart." The address, of the tone of which the above is a specimen, is written in En g lisb, and is magnificently bound in purple velvet, embossed and ornamented with gold. It bears the seal of the municipality, and the signa tures of the Sindaco and of the municipal secret-sry. It was entrusted to the duke to deliver to the Lord Mayor, and his race discharged the grateful duty yesterday with evident pleasure. The Lord Mayo r g expressed his g rat ifi ca ti o n at the compliment paid him in selecting him as the medium for conveying the sentiments o f the mun i c ipality to his country men, and at the v i s i t of his grace on an errand connected with a matter with which he was so honourably identified. The Lord Mayor, we regret to add, has been confi ne d to his room f or th e last week, and is still, from an accident resulting in the breaking of a tendon of the right l e g as be Was descending the steps of the railway station at Tun bridge, on Thursday week, on his way to town to attend a meeting of the Court of Common Council. The Repulse of Gordon at Chang-chow-foo. The chief and almost only topic of political interest in China coatinues to be the Teeping war, the operations at Chang-chow-foo occupyi::g the most prominent part in public attention. Chang-chow-foo is a city on the Grand Canal, and lies on the route between Hang-chow and Nan king, being not very far from the latter city. Next to Nan king, it is the most important city in the possession of the Taepings; it is, indeed, considered more important, strate gically speaking, than Nanking itself. It still holds out, and the attempts to assault it hitherto made by General Gordon and the Futae of Soochow have failed. Chung, the commander-in-chief of the Taepings, commands the place, and resists with much energy. The fcllowing account of recent operations, resulting in the defeat of Gordon, with heavy loss, is from the Shanghae Recorder of May 2 : " The rebels being driven from all their stockades and en trenchments to the west of the city, and then occupied by a strong force of imperialists, Gordon moved round opposite the south-east angle of the city, and commence , ' forming his batteries of attack, while the imperialists placed their guns on his left, facing the south of the city. A combined attack was arranged for the 27th ; however, the imperialist batteries being ready on the 24th, and the troops who have been so long besieging the city being eager to storm and averse to relinquish their hope of taking the city, the Futae gave orders to his batteries to open fire, and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon a capital breach was formed. The advance was sounded and the storming party rushed on steadily to the city ditch, but were thrown into some confu sion by some defect in the bridges ; however they scrambled across, and advancing through the stakes got to the footing of the breach, where they maintained themselves for a con siderable time; but the rebels, notwithstanding a most de structive covering fire from the Imperial guns, and from a battery of Gordon's enfilading the teree-plein, manned the breach and wall in great numbers regardless of life, and compelled the assailants to fall back with much loss. During the night Gorden's gams being put in position, and a pontoon bridge laid down over the city ditch, he opened fire at daybreak, while the Imperialists' batteries did the same, to knock away the barricades thrown up in their breach in the night, Bang, bang, went the heavy guns, as quickly followed by the boom of bursting shells tearing up ponderous masses of the wall, and burying be neath them many of the defenders, while the smaller guns laid along the parapet right and left with deadly effect, wherever the rebels appeared, or opened fire. By half•past 12 o'clock the breach was ready, and the signal was given to the Imperialists to storm at their own breach, while on rushed the 14th Regiment, led by COI- Howard, and on came the rebels to the breach, determined and daring, to be mowed down by the covering fire of the artillery, and no sooner down than their place was filled up by their followers rushing on to the defence. The edge of the city ditch was gained, and over went the 14th Regiment's colours, accompanied by Colonel Howard, Captain Cane, and Lieutenant Staekpole, and up the breach through a shower of missiles and fire balls. Then came that deadly pause, the colours waving on the breach de fended by a few brave men. The de.enders and assailants hesitated. They stood at bay for a moment ; the Celestial nature shrank from the dread conflict hand to hand The officers ,attempted to break it. They pushed them, they pulled them, they beat them with their swords, but in vain. The rebels fighting for life, desperate men, sooner recovered their presence of mind, and every man let fly his missile on the heads of the assailants. The colours and their defenders were pushed off the wall down the breach, and had to retire over the bridge on their column. A murderous fire was poured from every loop-hole —men were falling fast, yet they stood their ground, but hesitated to advance to where they would be comparatively safe, and too low for the enemies' fire. The retire was now sounded, and the stormers fell back to cover. It was now discovered that the imperialists' bridges having been carried away un known to them during the night, they did not attempt to storm, consequently the whole of the rebel force was brought to bear at one point. The artillery fire was kept up and the walls cleared. The imperialists laid down fresh bridges, and everything was ready at both points of attack at half-past 2 o'clock, p.m., for a simultaneous movement. Up went the two rockets of signal; a cheer burst from the ranks of the Quinsan force, which was taken up and carried along the lines of imperialists, and on went both storming parties at a rapid pace. The 3d Regiment's colours were hoisted on the wall with Chapman, Reynolds, Smith, Allen, Winstantly, and others rallying around them, fighting hand to hand with the defenders. The imperialists crossed their bridges, crowded at the foot of the breach, and waved their colours, but hesitated to mount it. Still the Quinsan force held their ground on the wall. The defenders came on in great num bers ; while the advance of the assailants began to lag, their opponents strained every nerve and muscle. The contest every moment became more close, and was prolonged for at least 20 minutes. At length the stormers, overpowered by numbers, were driven from their gained ground, and hurled to the bottom of the breach. All attempts to mount the wall again were futile. The rear ranks of the stermers being under the fire from the wall were now fe trfully thinned, while the front ranks so desperately opposed could not advance. The order to retire was given, and the party withdrew 50 yards back to cover, while the guns swept the breach with canister, shell, and grape, The imperialists all this time hurled fresh columns on to the attack, but all seemed to be spell bound at one point, and etood still, when the bravest of the late General Ching's Mandarins was advanced with his men, and though ho passed the sticking point and got his colours partly into the breach, yet he too was brought to a stand and was Dbliged to fall back. This ended the active operations. The wounded and killed were all carried to the rear, and found to number six officers killed—Colonel Morton, Captain Smythe, Lieut. Greenlaw, Lieut. Williams, Captain Rhodes, Lieut. Brown ; and 21 wounded—Lieut. Reynolds, Captain Abbot, Captain Hendrickson, Lieut. Maloney, Lieut. Johns, Captain Donald, Captain Maher, Lieut. Donley, Captain Murphy, Captain Hammond, Lieut. Robinson, Lieut. Matchet, Captain Rhodte, Captain Graham, Colonel Howard, Major Coates, Captain Cane, Lieut, Jones, Captain Bailey, Majot Doyle, and Captain Dunn; with rank an:: file 240 wounded, and 40 killed. Gordon, at latest advices, was pushing on regular engi neerink; operations, and it is declared that the garrison must soon surrender. The China Mad of the 13th May says, indeed, that something decisive would probably be done in a fortnight, as upwards of a hundred thousand men are encamped about Chang-chow-foo, the place closely invested, every gate guarded, so that if the city be not taken by assault, the garrison must eventually surrender for want of food. It adds : "With the fall of Chang -chow-foo the Taeping rebellion will be crushed, as Nan' , in is invested by Tseng Kwo-fan's forces bud will soon be starved out. Other places in rebel possession are of minor importance, and only one two in number. We are not, therefore, surprised to hear that Colonel Gordon intends to retire from the Imperial army after the fall of this city, dis banding, at the same time, the little force that has accom panied him through so many victories." THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1864 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE:UPON-TYNE RACES.--THURSDAY. The Tyne Handicap of 5 sous each, I f (to the fuid) with 25 added, for all ages ; the second to save his stake. Thi es-quarters of a mile. 11 subs, Mr Watt's Miss Armstrong, 4 yrs, 9st 41b .. (Snowden) 1 Mr Moore nas. Weatherwise, 5 yrs, Est (Howey) 2 Major Stapylton's Sundeelah, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Lostes) 3 Mr Lund's Woodbine, 3 yrs, Est 71b .(Craddock) 4 Betting-6 to son Sundeelah, 2to 1 agst Miss Arm strong, 5 to 2 agst Weatherwise. Won by a length and a half, a neck• between the second and third. The owner of Woodbine objected to the start. but it was overruled. The Northumberland Hunt Plate of 50 sovs, given for half-bred horses only. Gentleman riders, Northumber- land Plate Course. Two miles. 15 subs. Lard Middleton's Vandal, aged. 12st 51b.. (Mr Boynton) 1 Mr W. H. Scott's Fly-by-Night, aged, 12st 51b (Mr Wilkinson) 2 Mr Miller's Yellow Diamond, 5 yrs, 12st (Owner) 3 The following also ran : --Benedict, Polly, and The Jew. Betting-13 to 8 on Vandal, 9 to 4 agst Fly-by-Nigbt, 10 to 1 each agst The Jew, Benedict, and Yellow Diamond. Won easily by eight lengths, ten lengths between the second and third. The Gold Cup Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and only 2 ft (to go to the fund) if declared on a day to be named, when the weights are published, with 100 added, for all ages. The winner cf the Northumberland Plate to carry 91b, and the second 41b extra. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 guineas towards ex penses. Newcastle Turn in. 23 subs , 7 of whom declared. Mr J. Gray nas. Windham, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (L oa tes) 1 Mr F. Watt's National Guard, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (S now d en ) 2 Mr B. Plummer nas. Skylark, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Cranshaw) 3 Caller Ou, Lady Louisa, and Serf elso ran. Betting—Even on Caller Ou, 9 to 4 agst National Guard, 6 to 1 agst Serf, 8 to 1 aget Windham. As soon as the flag fell Skylark came out and made the running, followed by Lady Louisa, in company with Wind ham, National Guard next, followed by Caller Ou, Serf being the last. On approaching the Newcastle Turn, Wind ham and National Guard came away, passed Lady Louisa, and challenged Skylark. An exciting race up the straight ensued between the three. Skylark was beaten at the half distance, and the race then lay between Windham and National Guard, the former winning cleverly by half a length, a similar distance separating the second and third. Caller Ou was a bad fourth, Lady Louisa fifth, and Serf passed the post the absolute last. Speculation Plato of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added. The second to receive back his stake, From the Newcastle Turn, nearly one mile. Mr J. Robson's Barbara Allan, 5 yrs, Bst 11b..(Howey) 1 Mr Ridley's Eola, 3 yrs, 7bt llb Mr Sidney's Chicquot the Jester, 3 yrs, 7st 12lb (Loates) 3 Betting-3 to lon Chicquot the Jester, and 7to 1 agst Eola. Won by four lengths. Chicquot broke a blood ves sel and had to be led in. The winner was sold for 40 guineas. The Corporation Plate (Handicap) of 60 guineas, given by the Corporation of Newcastle, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Once round. 95 subs, Mr Bell nas Royal John, 3 yrs, sst 91b .... (Craddock) t Mr Harrison nas Little Duches s , 3 yrs, sst 10. b (Carroll) t Mr Ramsay nas Hypermnestra, 4 yrs, 7st .... (Matson) 3 Barbara Allen and Serf also ran. Betting-5 to 2un LAN Duchess, 3to 1 age; Hyperm nestra, 5 to 1 agst Royal John, 10 to 1 agst Serf. After an exciting and severe struggle between Royal John and Little Duchess the race resulted in a dead heat. The stakes were diviued. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 30, MARLBOROUGH-8 fitEE F.—A GENTLEMAN IN TROUBLE.-Mr. William Henry Bruce Ogilvy was put to the bar, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and damaging oae of the cells at the Vine-street station. Mr. Ed ward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defendant. Police-constable Dickens, A 306, said—This morning, while on my way to Vine-street, I was called to remove the defendant from an undertaker's shop in Windmill -street, where a crowd had assembled. I found about 100 persons round the defendant, who had taken off his coat, neck-tie, braces, and boots. I told him to put on his clothes but he refused. The defendant would not leave the place, and I thought that the best thing to do was to remove him to the station. When I laid hold of him he resisted, and as soon as assistance came I sent to the station for the stretcher. It required four of us to remove him on the stretcher to Vine-street, two holding him down at the time. At the station the defendant was very disorderly, and he broke up the waterclosat seat in one of the cells. Police-sergeant Harrow, C division, said—l saw the defendant struggling with the constable, and I went to the station and procured a stretcher. When we got the defendant into the cell at Vine= street he became very violent, and on going into the cell shortly afterwards I found he had done damage to the extent of about 10s. I asked him to keep quiet, and he said he would not; he would have every brick out of the cell before he left. Mr. Knox—ls he sober now, Mr. Lewis ? Mr. E. Lewis—l can hardly venture to say. Mr. Knox—l am sorry to see the defendant here The best way is to say as little as I can about the matter. The charge of being drunk and disorderly appears to be made out. Defendant--I wish to ask a question. Mr. E Lewis—Yon had better remain silent. Defendant—l have a right to ask a question. Mr. E. Lewis—l beg you to be quiet. Mr:Knox—Did he do harm to any one ? Constable—He resisted very much. Mr. Knox—l shall fine the defendant 10s. for damage, and 53. for being drunk and disorderly. The defendant, who appeared to be laughing while the evidence was being given, was removed from the bar. Mr. Knox—What suggestion have you to make, Mr. Lewis, for the defendant's protection ? Mr. E. Lewis—l do not think it will be safe to leave him alone. I have communicated with his brother, the Earl of Airlie, but have not yet re cfived a reply. Mr. Knox—l think there would be danger in ',bowing him to go free to-night. And if I were to lock him up all night in a cell the chances are that he would become a raving lunatic. Take care that lie is properly looked after. WORCESTER SUMMEtt RACES—MuRsnAy. The pleasant meeting at Worcester was commenced to day ( Thursday). The weather, although showery in the after part of the day, was remarkably fine at the opening, and the attendance, which included a large and fashionable assemblage, was quite up to the usual work. The sport was really gcod, the race for the Great Worcestershire Stakes being admirably contested, while Lord Coventry's victory with Exchequer in the Worcostershire Handicap was re ceived with enthusiasm. The racing was altogether good, as the accompanying return shows. Excepting that 10 to 1 each was accepted from little men about Madcap and the Higbflyers's dam colt for the Goodwood Stakes, there was nothing really done, as the leviathan bookmakers offered 10 to 1 freely on the field. The following is the return of the day's racing : The Trial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for all ages. Penalties and allowances About a mile. Lord Bateman's Moulsey, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) 1 Lord Coventry's Umpire, aged, 9st 131 b (inc 7119 extra) (J. Adams) 2 Count Battbyany's Suburban, aged, lOst 31b (inc 71b ex) .... . _ . * (C'ustances 3 Mr Saxon's Bonnie Las; 2 yrs, 6st 71b.. (J. Grimsnaw) 4 Betting-6.5 to 40 apt Uuipire, 9to 4 apt Moulsey, 3to 1 agat Suburban. Suburban jumped away in front, but was quickly passed by Moulsey, who had Umpire and Suburban in close at tandance, Bonnie Lass well up. Coming into the straight. Umpire took up the running, but was caught again at the distance by Moulsey, who stuck to him so closely that the Temple-bar pet cut it at the finish, and was beaten a head ; a bad third. The Great Warwickshire Stakes for 2-yr-olds; colts Bet 101 b, fillies Set 71b. Certain penalties and allowances, T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. Duke of Beaufort's Todleben, Sat 101 b (Fordham) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Arkansas, Set 71b (1. French) 2 Mr T. Cook's Eugenie, Sat 71b . (Payne) 3 Lord Coventry's Lazaroni, Bst 71b .......... (J Adams) 4 Captain Gray's The Switt, 9st 31b (inc. 51b extra) (Custance 5 Lord Coventry's Chi mne y S wee p, B st 71b ..(Maidment) 6 Betting -3 to 1 each eget Todleben and Lazaroni, 4to 1 agst Eugenie, 5 to 1 agst The Swift. Arkansas made the running with a cle r lead into the straight, where Todleben and Lezarani closed up with him, the three being head and head at the distance. Opposite the enclosure Lazaroni dropped away and the other two finished a splendid race, as hich was won in the last few strides by Todleben by a short head, Eugenie, who cam e w ith "a wet sail" outside the pair from the distance was beaten half a length from Arkansas, and Lazaroni was a bad fourth; the other two being beaten off. The Worcestershire Stakes (handicap) of 10 Bove each, 5 ft, and only 3 it declared, with 100 added ; winners extra. One mile and three furlongs. Lord Coventry's Exchequer, 5 yrs, fist 21b (I. Adams) 2 1 Air Lupin's Doll a r, 4 yr s , B st 81b •... (Kitchenei) Lord Baternan' e Mousey, 3 yrs, E s t 71b.... (T om linson) 3 Mr Whittakei's King of Utopia, 4 yrs, 7st lllb Mr T. Wiseman' s M rs Somerville 4 yrs (T. French) 4 , , 6 s t, Nib Sir T. Moncriefr e Under the Cloud (Barker) 5 , 3 yrs, sst 9ib (Clark) 6 Mr F. Davies ns Burgess, 4 yrs, Oat 101 b (J. Grimshaw) 7 Betting-2 to 1 apt. Exchequer, sto 2 agar Dollar, 4to 1 agst Moulsey, 100 to 15 eget King of Utopi a , 100 to 9 agst Burgess. King of Utopia mad e pl a y f or 20 0 yards, after w hi c h Moulsey to o k u p th e runn i ng, T he King going on secon d , Burgess, Exchequer, and D o ll ar lyi ng nex., with M rs So merville in the rear. As the l o t approached the stra i g ht Dollar and Exch equer h ea d e d M ou l sey, and Lord Coventry ' s horse, waiting up o n the F renc h man to the distance , came away, and won by three lengths; four lengths the second and third, an d th e ot h ers were beaten off. A Handicap Plate of 50 sous , f or all ages; winners ex t ra . About a mile. Lord Uxbridge's The Tyk e , 3 y rs, 7st 41b.. (T. French) 1 Mr R. Sly's D o v e d a l e , 3 y rs , 6 st 1 01 b (Tomli nson) 2 Mr T. Cliffe's Ross, 5 yrs, Bat 101 b . (Fordnam) 3 Mr T. Drake's Alonzo filly, 2 yrs, stir 710.... (G. B° P l ' ) 4 The following also ran :—Manchester, Eve lyn filly, Lord Cony ng h am , Edi nburgh, S wee tness, Queen Bee filly. pi x ie, Lady Betting--7 to 4 agst Pixie, 100 to 30 agat the Lady Eve lyn filly, 100 to 15 aget Ross, 10 to 1 agst Tyke. The lot, with the exception of Q ueen Bee and Sweetness, who laid some f o ur or fi ve l engths in the rear , ran i n cl ose company for half a m il e , w h en the Lady Evelyn filly took a commanding lead, b ut soon aftet wards bolt i ng l e ft Dove dale in front. Ha was soon joined by t h e o th er three placed, who ran a clo se race, T he Tyke w i n ning by a head; the same betwe en secon d and third; a similar distance h divided third a nd f our th ; pi ke was a bad fifth ; Man chester sixth ; L or d Conyng-arn sevent h; and Queen Bee filly next. The oth ers wa lk ed in. The Sealing Stakes of 5 sovs each, w ith 40 added; selling and other allowances . Five furlongs. Lord Uxbridge's Erythia, 4 y, ( L3O), Bst lib (T. French) t 1 Mr Meredith's M a y, 2 yrs (i3O) sst 71b " (J. Grimshaw) t 2 Mr Adams's Cosett e , 3 yrS (t3O), Betting-7 to 4on Ery thi a , who led to the distance, where M and th ay challen ge d, 7 8 t to (Maidment) 3 e two , after a splendid rate, ended b a dead hi s t ; C osette was beaten o ff . Deciding Heat—W on b y L i , - t hi s , who was afterwards bought in for 100 gu i neas. The Croome H a ndi cap S weepstakes of 1 5 sovs, 5 ft, w i t h 100 added, for a ll ages; Winners extra. A b out t h ree _quarters of a mile. Mr G. Payne's Alchyrnist, 5 - -- Mr F. Jac o b' s Lulra, 4 yrs, Bst ' Bst 21b (J. Grimshaw) 1 ........... (Fordham) 2 Duke of Beaufor t Cryth e i a, 3 yrs, 7 s t 31b ('V. French) 3 The following al so ran :—Cairncastle, Daw dl e, F armer ' s Daughter f, yrs and Ales. Betting -5 to 2 agst lafra, 100 to 30 each agst Cairnmstle and Alcbymist, 9 to 2 agst Crytheia. Alcbymist made all the running and won by a neck--a hew' between second and third—Ales was a bad fourth-- and The Farmer's Daughter filly fifth. The Crootne Stakes of 50 Boys each, 25 ft, for 2-p...olds— colts Bst 101 b, fillies B st 71 b. T. Y . C. 9 su b s . Lord Coventry'p L azzaroni, Bst 101 b (J. Adams) w. o. The Madresfield J uven i le Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, fo r 2- yr-olds ; colts 9st, fillies and geldings Bst 101 b ; selling allowances. Half a mile. Mr Handley's Iscoid, (£4O), 63t 101 b ....(J Grimahaw) 1 Mr Whittaker's Catenus (£4O), 7st (Maid ment) 2 Betting-6 to sau Iscoid. Won by a head. The winner was bought by Mr S. 0. Graham for 80 guineas. The City Plate (Handieap) of 50 114111 i second to receiyo 10 sovs; for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Lord Wiltou's Lady Evelyn, 3 yrs, 65t slb (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr J. Page's Miss Clifton, 6 yrs, 7st Glb (Page) 2 Mr J. Davies' Bowman, 6 yrs, 7st 61b (Maidment) 3 Mr Adams's `Northam, 6 yrs, Sst 2!b (J. Holman) 4 Queen of Clubs and Lemondrop also r,n Betting-2 to lon Lady Evelyn filly, 6to lagst Wortham, 8 to 1 eget Bowman. Won by two lengths, four lengths between second and third, a neck between third and fourth. IPSWICH RACES.-TIIURSDAY• The Borough Members' Plate of 50 sovs ; weight for age, with allowances. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr Bennett's Sisyphus, 2 yrs, 6st 12Ib (Viney) t 1 Mr Naylor's Roseneath, 3 yrs, Bst Sib . Yerry) t 2 Mr Fleming's Overcast, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Thomas) 3 Mr F. Temple's The Doe, 3 yrs, Sst, 91b ....(J. Goater) 4 Mr J. Morris's Little Star, 3 yrs, Bst 91b ....(Edwards) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Sisyphus, sto 2 agst Roseneath, 7 to 2 agst Overcast, 15 to 1 agst any other (offered). Roseneath made the running to the distance, when the favourite drew up, and the pair running home locked to- gether, the fiat of the judge was a dead heat ; Overcast being a bad third. Deciding heat—Betting-5 to 4 on Sisyphus, who won by a neck. The Rendlesham Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 addea for two. yr-olds ; colts, Bst lO,b; fillies, Bst 7lb ; winners extra ; allowances, &c. Half a mile. 21 subs, Mr Joice's Radcliffe, SA 10ib (inc 3lb ex) Baron Rothschila's Bro. to A Igarsife, Bst 10ib..( Wells) 2 Mr R. Sutton's Jezebel, Bst 91b (inc 51b ex) (Thomas) 3 The following also ran :—La Mechante, His Royal Highness, Camillus, and Brioche. Betting-6 to 4 agst Jezebel, to 1 agst Brother to Al garsife, 7 to 2 agst Radcliffe, 6 to 1 agst La Mechante. Radcliffe took a clear lead at starting, having Brioche, Brother to Algarsife, and Jezebel next. Brioche was the first to give way, and the other two failing to get up to Radcliffe at the finish, the latter won easily by three lengths; a neck separating the second and third ; Brioche was fourth, Camillus fifth, and La Mechante brought up the rear. The Chauntry Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added; weight for age, with beLing allowances. Halt a mile, Mr Naylor's Tailor, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (£2O) Mr Alexander's Xurutlo, 3 yrs, 7st 7!b (120) (E. Sharp) 2 Mr Rogers's Measure for Measure, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Martin) 3 The following also ran :—Teddington filly, Annington, and Ropedancer, Betting-5 to 4 agst Xurallo, 3to 1 agst Tailor, 4to 1 agst Annington. Xurullo held a slight lead up to the stand, where Tailor got up and won a good race by a short head ; tour lengths between the second and third ; Annington was fourth, and Ropedancer next. The winner was bought in fur 80 guineas, and Xurullo was soid by auction for 75 guineas. The Welter Stakes of 10 soya. each, 51t ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders, professionals 61b extra. One mile. Mr Godding's Fanfreluche, 4 yrs, list 21b (in. 61b extra) (Perry) 1 Lord Rendlesham's Corroborator, 4 yrs, list 101 t) (Mr Dixon) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Franfreluchie, who led throughout, and won by eight lengths. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, weight for age. Two miles, Baron Rothschild's Hippolyta, 3 yrs, Sst Mr Bryan's Lady Hylda, 3 yrs, Bst (Edwards) 2 Weatherspy also ran, Betting-4 to lon Hippolyta. Hippolyta led past the stand, and then gave way to Weatherspy, the latter keeping the lead down the far side to the last turn, where he dropped back, and the other two came on, the favourite winning in a canter by a length. Weatberspy did not pass the post. The Shrubland Park Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for hunters, &c. ; 1 Ist 71b each ; thoroughbreds and winners 71b extra, gentlemen riders; professionals 71b extra. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. Mr W. Page's Antelope, aged, 12st (car. 12et 21b) - • • - (Mr F. Worn . bwell) 1 Mr Chaston's Butcher Boy, 6 yrs, 12st,, (Mr Heaviside) 2 Mr G. Tripp's Miss Penrose, aged, list 711)....(0wner) 3 The following also ran :—Freestone, Fireaway, Sultan, and the Boiler, Betting-7 to 4 agst Freestone-3 to 1 agst Butcher Boy —5 to 1 agst Antelope-6 to 1 agst Fireaway. Won by three lengths ; a bad third. AQUATICS. PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB. The second regatta of this flourishing and very usefui club took place yesterday, amongst yachts under 15 tons. The following contended : Yachts. Tons. 0 wners. 1) lone Dudu Octoroon l2 Mr C. Long Alex tndra .... 15 .... Mr G. Harrison. The course was from Erith to the Chapman Head and back, for a gold cup and cover, presented by the club for the first boat, and a prize, value 10 guineas, given by Mr T. C. B err, a member, for the second boat. There was a time allowance of a minute per ton. Mr Sadlier, the rear-commodore, was the officer in com mand, and under his direction the race was started at 10,30. There was a nice topsail breeze from W.N. W. The Octo roon's canvass was first set, next the Dudu, and then the Dione, bu - the Alexandra, with a good station, led to wind ward, the Octoroon being second, and the Dudu third. In the course of a few minutes the Dudu ran into the first place, and, maintaining it well all the way down, would in all probability nave won the race but that she unfortunately upon her return, while heading by nearly a mile, got aground off the Scar houses. At Gray's the Alexandra passed to windward of the Octoroon, but they continued close together with slight difference all the way down to the khapman, where they rounded as follows : 31. S. Dudu Alexandra 2 31 53 Octoroon Dion° As they had to turn to windward against the ebb, they went into the slack on the north shore,•where alter the mis fortune to the Dudu, the Octoroon gradually stole upon the Alexandra, and went by her between Shellhaven and Hale haven to leeward, acquiring for a time a good lead, but as they neared Gravesend the Alexandra stole upon her, and was only a few yards astern, and so they continued board and board to the end of the race, Octoroon holding the wea ther gauge at the finish, which was as follows - li. M. S. Alexandra Octoroon D lone 6 45 30 The Octoroon by the time allowance was the winner, and Mr Cecil Long was presented with the first prize, the Alex andra being entitled to the second. The Oread steamboat accompanied, and as usual everything passed off agreeably. The Poisoning of Three Children at Mile-end. Yesterday Mr John Humphreys, Middlesex coroner, re sumed at the Bank of Friendship Tavern, Bancroft-place, Mile-end, an inquiry respecting the poisoning of three children of John Stapler, a cigarmaker, by which two of theta, Louisa Stapler and Elizabeth Stapler, lost their lives. The deceasei children were twins, six years of age, and resided with their parents at No. 16, Ely-place, Mile end. On Friday, the 13th inst., Mrs Stapler went out, leaving them and their sister Jessie, aged three years, alone in the house. On her return she found some lucifers on the floor, but though the oh ldren told her that they had sucked them she did not believe them, as the points of the matches were red, and the children were were not ill. On the Saturday, however, the children.were taken ill. Elizabeth clenched her hands, shrieked, and gnashed her teeth, and she and Jessie vomited sulphurous matter. They were all vio lently convulsed, but no doctor was sent for until the fol lowing Tuesday evening. Louise and Elizabeth died on the Wednesday morning at the same hour. Mrs Stapler said that the children stated that they had taken the inciter matches— Quick's improved lucifers—off the shelf of the dresser, and had sucked them, and had given them to Jessie to suck. Br Henry Letheby, Professor of Chemistry at the Lon don Hospital, said that he had made an analysis of the stomach and intestines of the child Louisa. The stomach was greatly inflamed. The contents had traces of phosphorus acid. In the intestines he found phosphorus acid and traces of lead. They were much inflamed. They had been acted on by a very violent irritant poison. He analysed 50 matches given to h,m by Mr Adkins, the surgeon, and he found that they contained 1.151 grs of phosphorus and 4 grs of red lead. Phosphorus was a very powerful poison, and 11 grs had killed an adult in twelve days, and sometimes one-third of a grain had killed. In one case 1 grain had killed an adult in three days. He was of opinion that the children died from phos phorus. He wished to say that matches made of such phos phorus were highly dangerous, but they could be and were made of phosphorus that was perfectly inert. He made ex periments on dogs and he found that where one grain of the common phosphorus killed a dog, a quarter of a pound of the prepared phosphorus in Bryant and May's matches had no effect. The Government had caused an inquiry to be held as to the dangerous and injurious effects arising from manufacturing matches with common phosphorus, and such was the mischievous results to the children and others engaged in their manufacture that an act of Parliament he believed would be passed on the subject. Some interference was much needed. The Coroner said it was much to be desired that such a dangerous poison should not be allowed to be sold when an inert substance would answer the purpose of the public. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased children died from the poison of phosphorus, imbibed by sucking Lucifer matches, they being ignorant of its effects ; and that they thus lost their lives by misadventure ; and the jury recommend that the coroner write to the Secretary of State suggesting that measures should be taken to prevent the .manufacture and sate of dangerous phosphoric matches, which in this instance had destroyed thelives of two children. The proceedings then terminated, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Tietese=-The first of July, if one may so speak of an immovable feast in the financial calendar, has fallen upon evil days. It comes like a rainy Whit suntide, or a snowed-up Christmas. - Witnessing, as we do, a great act of oppression suffered by a weak neighbour, and not able to justify interference in his behalf, we are hardly in the mood to enjoy the contemplation of our growing resources. What avail health and wealth, industry and skill, if we must sit by and see the world go to the bad ? But there is a time for all things, and we may reconcile ourselves to the present task of fostering our industry and huebanding our resources. War, always costly—happily costly, for we need not. quarrel with the law of Providence that makes money flow with blood—is most costly in our case. Whenever it comes, we must subsidize; we must even purchase allies; we must sow money broadcast ; we must supply all the material of war—ships, arms clothing, everything. We must penetrate gulfs, we must wake up nationalities and call contrabandis s to our aid, ever preceded by the " ass-load of gold." We must replenish empty exchequers, guarantee loans otherwise unmarketable, and repeat all the inevitable follies ever done before. This is one light in which we are now compelled to look at our ever-buoyant Revenue. True, there is no posi tive accumulation to feast our eyes upon ; no piles of gold representing so many ships and piles of ammunition into wniah they are convertible. But we see that the Revenue is absolutely at the command of Finance. We reserve its waters as in a vast reservoir, for we can bid these waters flow to any volume we please. We do not starve industry to augment the national income; so in dustry is grateful, and answers the call when we ' make it. This is wealth and power—not to possess an accumulation, but to command a ready supply. ' The Customs show a decrease of £411,000 on the quarter; the Property Tax a decrease of £449,000. These are the results of the two great reduc tions last year, divided between direct and indirect taxes--viz., the reduction of the Tea Duty by sd. per pound, and of the Property Tax by 2d. in the pound. The good barley harvest of last year, together with the revival of trade and the increase of consumption, has inade the Excise of the quar ter produce £459,000 more than it did last year. The " Taxes" have produced £42,000 more. On the whole, the net decrease on the quarter is £216,004; the net decrease on the year,5690,902. Of course it is too early to tell by the Returns the whole effect of the reductions last year; but thus far we have a net decrease of less than seven hundred thou sand pounds, against an estimated decrease of more than three trillions. Tee Revenue of the year just ended is within a trifle of seventy millions,—a sum which only a few years ago it would have been thought impossible to squeeze out of the nation except by the most ruinous pressure under the etimu us of war, yet now raised easily in a time of peaceful and fiecal reduction. Little as we like to think of the possibility, there is hardly a tax or duty reuresented iu these Returns that might not be doubleel, if the occasion required, with a fair prospect of eaising nearly doable the present sum, and so enabling the country to carry on a great war without contractitig a loan or adding a pound to the debt. It would not sndeed be wise to do, nor would it be just, since wars are undertaken for posterity as well as for the living veneration, and posterity must help it to pay for them. Such, however, is the mighty body of this great stream of wealth, and such its working power. Only say the word, and it flows at our feet as deep as the utmost needs of war or of peace may require. Within these twenty years it has been assumed as a self-evident maxim that a revenue of fifty millions was about as much as the Empire could ever be expected to pay, and ttset all above would he found a sensible impediment to industry and thrift. We are now paying seventy millions, and there never was a time in which money was more easily obtained for large un dertakings cf any kind whatever. It a railway is to be made through the thickest and wealthiest parts of the metropolis; if the Thames is to be bridged over in half a-dozen places at once; if a viaduct is to be throts'n over a valley : it an im mense edifice is to be raised for commerce, for plea sure, for public offices, or any other purpose; if the managers of a private business wish to hand it over to a company ; if a new invention is to be tried; if a new pack , t line is to be opened ; if a house is to be built, a gallery lined with pictures, or a stable filled with good horses ; if money is to be lent to a new Republic or a new Empire; in a word, whatever is to be done, the money is instantly forthcoming, and not even the warning voice of the 'Change prophets will deter rich and poor from scattering with lavish hand the wealth they have, or think they have, or hope to have. No drain seems sufficient to exhaust the annual profits of industry and enterprise, and wealth is driven to amuse and enjoy itself from mere want of objects os a more prefirabie cnaracter. 'The art of spearing well has yet to be taught the Eng lish, at ouce lavish and parsimonious, enterprising and timid, over-eonfidiug and suspicious. Cannot the metropolis have the benefit of an abundance which refuses to be kept down, and which is only stopped in one place to break out in another ? It is the destiny of England to be rich—it cannot be added to use her riches uniformly well, to be wisely generous and judiciously magnificsnt. As it is, we attain not the glory either of peace or of war. We might have a nobler metropolis; we might do much for art and science ; we might make ourselves more respected in the councils of Europe. A State that collects seventy millions a year from its subjects cannot excuse itself' on the ground of weakness from taking a high part. It may plead the divi sion of its resources, the distraction of its interests, and the diversity of its aims. These, however, are not a sufficient excuse if it do nothing well, or nothing in proportion to its means. We have many " irons in the fire"—too many ; but, it may be asked, as of many a private gentleman who frit ters away his income iu a thousand trifles, what have we to show for seventy millions a year ? HERALD.—The organs of the Administration are certainly cement, and we think they are wisely content, to take up very low ground, and offer a very humble and apolegetic defence for the policy of the Government, They do not pretend to argue that that policy has been wise or sound ; that it has proceeded upon coosiatent principles, or has led to satisfactory results. They allow that the Con ference was a b;under, and that the whole course of England, from the beginning to the end of these negotiations, has been a deplorable failure, We have neither maintained our own dignity nor the independence of Denmark ; we have neither preserved the public law of Europe or prevented a breach of its peace. Everything that our Ministers undertook to do is left undone; and the only result, of our efforts has been to expose our weakness, isolation, and timidity in the face of the world. It is prudent on the part of our Ministerial contemporaries not to insult the public sense bs pretending that this is a consummation seaereof we can be proud, or even satisfied. They put forward a more specious plea. " It is useless," they say, " referring to the past. Tell us what we ought to do now. Donut go harping on the errors that can no longer be retrieved ; but tell us, aye or no, do you approve of the present determination of the Goverment nut to go to veer for Denmark." This is the sense of Mr. Kinglake's amendment.; and we must admit that the author of "Eothen" has shown some skill in devising a means of escape from a difficult and damaging position. On Mr. Disraeli's motion, a man of sense and honour who wishes to vote with the Government, will find himself in a painful dilemma. He must, if he adhere t. his party, give a vote obviously false upon a matter of ascertained fact. Mr. Kinglake comes to his rescue, and proposes an amendment which would prevent the question from being put in this form, and substi'ute for it an expression of opinion in regard to the future, upon which men may rea sonably differ. He will not answer the question whether or no the poticy of the Government has lowered the just influence of England in the coun cils of Europe; because that is a question of fact which can only be answered in one way. instead of this he proposes a form of judgment which shirks altogether the duty of pronouncing sentence upon the past, and undertakes the much less appropriate function of giving advice for the future. And there is an obvious disposition on the part of the Liberals 'o apply this salve to their consciences, and, under pretence of voting for peace, virtually to condone dishonour. It seems clear to us that to accept Mr. Kinglake's amendment would be, on the part of the House of Commons, a gross dereliction of consti tutional duty, most serious and most culpable at a juncture like the present. It is the most im portant function of that house, in regard to foreign affairs, to prououece judment on the past conduct of a Government. Wnile negociations are pending nothing can be done; the Administration are for the time omnipotent; and if the House of Commons de clines, when the negociations are c!osed, to express its opinion of their management on the ground that their errors are past and irretrievable, the Foreign Office becomes virtually irresponsible and Parliament forfeits altogether its constitutional control over the foreign policy of the Crown. It iE only by deciding aye or no on such motions as that submitted by Mr. Disraeli that this control is maintained. And, it it were ever right for Parliament to condone the :nix. management of Ministers who have been allowed to act with that absolute freedom and affectation of secrecy which the Foreign Office enjoys—if ever it could be right to fotbeae to pass after the fact a judgment which is of necessity suspended until atter the fact —the present conjuncture would still be one to which condonation and fore beerance are utterly inapplicable. For, it Parlia ment do not pass a censure upon the conduct of the Isliujetrb Eeglend, by the mouth of rAriitment, assumes the responsibility of that conduct. And what a responsibility that is I If the Government remains uncensured, it is by england, and not by Lord Russell, that. Germany has been menaced with war ; it is England, and not her Ministers, that lacked the courage to full that menace. It is by England, not by Lord Palmerston, that a pledge was given to Denmark that, if attacked, she should not find herself alone ; and England, not Lord Palmerston, has left her alone in her agony. If the Government remains uncensured England accepts for herself the gibes and taunts, ine contempt and the ignominy which the officious interference and complaisant submission of Lord Palmerston's Administration have incurred. In reply to all these reproaches from Denmark which have wrung our hearts, in reply to all these scoffs and sneers from Germany which have galled our pride to the quick, each of us has been wont to say aloud or in his heart :- 4 ' No ; this is not Eegland --that Eegiand of which I and my order are con stituent elements—it is Lord Russell, who happens to be in the Foreign Offied by virtue of some parlia mentary arrangement or party necessity, but who no more representsEegland than does John Bright." We console ourselves for Lord Russell's shame by repudiating Lord Russell. But we cannot repue diate the Heuse of Commons ; and if that house accepts Lord Russell's shame, that shame becomes national—and personal to every man who by vote, or speech, or pen helped to fix it on the nation, per. boreal to every man who did not do his utmost to repudi to it by repudiating the Government. The house has no escape froin this responsibility. It is asked to pronounce judgment by one whose official station, not his personal partisanship, prompts and necessitates the appeal. The leader of Her Ma jesty's Opposition moves for judgment on Her Ma jesty's Ministers ; and if the house refuse to pass hat judgment, it aucepts and fixes upon itself and upon the nation the shame of threats unte!. filed, and of promises broken, lei cowardice avowed —in fact, of that whole Ministerial past on which it declines, in this, the proper season, to pronounce the censure invoked by Mr. Disraeli's resolution. In negativing Mr. Kinglake's amendment, on the other hand, the house does cot pronounce in favour of war. It simply passes to the order of the day—the consideration of the past course of the Government, on which it is the duty first to pro i,ounce. tut, apart from this consideration, we cannot but think Mr Kinglake's proposal, at the present moment, peculiarly ill-timed, After a long period of incertitude and vacillation, which can only be attributed to a want of internal decision in the Cabinet itself, a p ilicy of peace at any price has been announced by the Administration, and expressly g.ounded on the assertion that we dare not fight ; that Austria and Prussia are powers so great and formidable that England, single handed, or even backed by Sweden and Italy, is no match for them. Now, it may be true that there are many good reasons for not fighting. It may be that it is contrary to our hereditary policy to quarrel with the German Powers. It may be that we shrink, honourably and conscientiously, so long as a credit. able peace seems within the hounds of hope, from firing the shell which must inevitably explode a moral powder magazine and light up an European conflagration. But it cannot be that England is afraid to fight Ansteia and Prussia; and it must not be that, by affirming Mr. Kinglake's resolution, following as it does upon and deliberately confirm• ing the Ministerial plea of weakness and avowal of cowardice, the House of Commons should let go forth to the world that we—not Lord Palmerston, Lord Russell, and Mr Gladstone, but the English nation—are afraid. Tee policy of peace at any price is the policy at last adopted by Lord Palmerston's Cabinet ; adopted, however, not from the first, but after many promises of aid to Denmark and many (•hreats of war to Germany ; and that policy restB avowed!y , on simple fear. That is the policy , ap proved by Mr Ktngiake's m ot i on , and condemned by Mr Disraeies. The policy of the Conservative party is not a policy of war nor yet a policy of peace ; it is the old traditional potic3 of England. Peace if we may ; war if we must ; peace with honour, or war for eonour." That a Conservative Government might, even at this eleventh hour, realise the better alternative, is more than possible; that England should be in such terror of the worse as to proclaim her terror to the world by adopting Mr Kinglake's motion, is what we will nut, without proof, believe. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—THURSDAY A full attendance at our market to-day, but the business passing was limited to the requirements of necessitous buyers, and a portion of the amendment in prices obtain able in the early part of the week was lost. Nevertheless, holders Were very firm, and we quote an advance of la to 2, per qr 011 both English and toreign wheat, is per sack on flour, is per qr on English beans, and Gd per qr on In dian corn. Oats and oatmeal in steady demand, at former rates. BURTON. ON-TRENT—THURSDAY. A fair show of grain at our market, and prices advaneed Is to 2s per qr. Old white wheat..42s to 46s I Old red wheat, , 378 to 40s New do. . 4zs to 47s I New do. 39s to 43i Malting barley....32s to 35s I Oats. l9a to 28a Grinding d0.....28s to 308 I Beans 34s to 42e BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. There was a fair supply of English wheat at market to day, but the sale was inactive, and last week's prices were current. Barley, oats, and peas were more inquired for, and wets held for bully late prices Beans were unaltered. —Englis4wheat was sold at 42s to 46s for white, and 38s to 44s per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting, 30s to 38s per qr; grinding, 24s to 26s Oats, old, 228 to 30a per 30 stone ; Irish, 18s to 245. Beans, 368 to 40s per qr, Peas, 34s to as per 36 stone. BRISTOL--TuunsnA.Y. A moderate supply of English wheat at market, which sold pretty freely at 6d to is advance upon late quotations. Foreign advanced is to 2s per qr. Oats were in slow re quest, and 6d dearer. Barley in good demand, at rather better prices. Beans were the turn higher in pride, EDINBURGH. GRAIN—JuNE 29. To- day there was a good supply of grain, which sold at about last week's prices. Wheat on the top is 0,1 up ..... ....average O s 2d up. Barley on the top is Od up ......... average Os 4d down. Oats on the top Is 0,1 up..... ..... ...average ls Od up. Beans on the top is Od d0wn....... average Os 5d down. Ave, age Prices. Wheat 4ls 7tl I Oats. ......... 2is 1041 Barley 2 Bs 7d Beaus 3ss 2d Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..... ...1165 qrs Sold 773 qrs Barley... 2 6 qrs Sold 187 qrs Oats Beans 132 qr 5........ Sold 88 qrs Foreign Mail Packet List. MAIL., 1.) Lt.. tuatralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. July 19 via Nlarseilles 3razil and Cape Verde, by 13ritish packet. July 5. Jape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. July 29. !hina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. July 2 via Mars e ill es ... J uly —. ealkland Islands ............................. Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... . ............ July 2 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampt on .. J uly 2 lndia Bomba via Marseilles.... July (y), via Southampton ........... . July 11 via Marseilles ................ Jaly 5. Portugal.... ................................ July 5. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southaniptol, . July 2 Newfoundland via Marseilles July 5 Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. p ac k et .... July G. by U.S. packet.... by anad Ci All parts of West I n di es, including Chilian pack e t. J u l y 1. , Peru, i California. and B r i t i s h Columbia. I J u ly 14 Births. BARRETT —On the 29th ult., at Wilberforce place, Read• ing, the wite of Altred Barrett, Esq., of a son. COLES Coles, .-011 the 28th ult,, at Sunbury, the wife of J. C. Esq., of a son. SOUTHESK.—On the 29th ult., at Edinburgh, the Countesffi of Southesk, of a daughter. TAPP.—On the 27th ult.. at Southsea, the wife of C. M. Tapp, Esq., War Department, of a daughter. Marriages, SCOTT . -- HOWELL.—On the 28th June, All aints' Church, M a id stone Jennette Elizabeth at Scott, S eldest daug P . ,h forter of Lieut. :Col. Scott, of the P r i ory, and late M. Maidstone, Co the Rev. Howell H owe l l, son of the late D avi d Howell, Esq., of Orickhewell, Penrallt Vudog, C ar m ar t ens hi re . T HACKWELL.--TOMKINSON.—On the 29th ult., at St. Thomas's, Orcharo—itreet, Captain 'William de Wilton Roche Thackwell, 38th Regt., to Charlotte, the Youngest daughter of the late Rey. Henry Tomkinson, of R eam , heath, Cheshire. Deaths. aged 80. BALEM IN.—On the 28th ult., at Lancaster, Dot othy, relict Cn o a t P j i:A h N a .— Ba O ld n w t i h n e , 3E:tqh"ualgt,e,dß9u7;ll, wife of John Chap. of a l4 t 14, e F r 2 i t B h t - h s t u r e i e t .t,, Soho-square , h T o h - s e q A u a b z Joseph J. Fry, Esq., aged 76. GROVE —On the 28th ult., Christopher Grove, of 150, New FR I T— n, Bond-street, and Harts Ilouse, Cuieshin, Araersbans, Abbot's -walk, Reading, Bucks, aged 32. HALL.—On the 30th ult., at LeviiBham, Mr. Edward Hall, aged 64. JOYNSON.—On the 29th ult., at Eastbourne, Sussex, Ed mund Hambrough Joy4 on, L g ., of t. Mary Crays Kent, aged 35. RILEY.--On the 28th ult., Geor g e Riley, Esq., Elm.trees lodge, South Lambeth, aged 58. ••••••••••••••••....".11.NMMM- Lo )nd°a : Prih; ed d Prhushed by WILLIAM ANDRE S2kli of co 112, strand, Printer, at InE Sox (Mee Nn. iiLtd !Lk rand, In the Precinct of the 3a TOYI -U the Couul, aall eio•Fritley t July 1,1864. I